The beeping of the heart monitor in a slow but steady rhythm echoes through the hospital room as the occupant of the hospital bed steadily breathes. A eighty year old man lies in the bed, old tanned skin, clean bald head, and smile lines around the corners of his eyes as he smiles weakly at his family surrounding him, "It has been so long since I have seen you all" Jacob manages to rasp out. Jacob understands that his family has lives they needed to get to but that didn't make him any less lonely as he lay in his hospital bed for the past thirty years from his slowly declining health. He slowly looks to his daughter standing next to him even if his eyes are foggy from age "The shelters are alright right" Jacob asks as he holds out his hand, those shelters and other things he established were his wife's passion which made it hard for him to give up on them after she passed before him, "Yes dad .... they are fine and still going strong" his daughter manages to get out clearly choked up from emotions. "Good good I am glad Mary would be happy to hear that" he rasps out his heart monitor skipping a beat as his heart begins to slowly fail, "Hmm I think today may be my last day" he mutters while his family begins to cry as slowly his chest begins to take longer and longer between breaths, until finally it stops moving as the heart monitor flat lines. As the Doctor, that had been in the room with Jacob's family to let them say goodbye, comes over and begins ushering the family out, Jacob's daughter could see a small contented smile on her fathers face as she leaves.

Jacob blinks as he seems to awaken surprise lacing his face since he didn't expect to awaken again, he more expected to be standing in a throne room being judged by God as the religious folk he has heard preaching. As he looks around confusion on his until a screen appears in front of his face with many names of universes he was somewhat familiar with like "Marvel" or "DC" not that he was super familiar with those that is until he came across a name he was familiar with STAR TREK. The eagerness in which he clicked it would have broken a normal screen, after it loaded that option a new series of options appeared before him, a list of options for races he wished to be, the standard Star Trek races and then other races from other generas. He ultimately picked the Teiflings from a genera known as Dungeons and Dragons, his daughter taught him what it was, after choosing the race it brought up the sub-race category such as the Dolurrhi, the Sakah, the Fernian, and other sub-races and ultimately Jacob chose the Risian which are a race of Teifling that are born to the plain of Ice. After selecting that sub-race it brings into focus a average looking man with skin as white as snow, with horns that seem to be made from ice curling up from his forehead before forming a sideways S over hair as white as snow much like their skin. He made slight adjustments to the mans face, sharpening the jawline slightly, adjusting his body to be fit instead of skinny, his nose while perfectly straight it now has a slight down turn to it now, his ears now after some adjust meant resemble elven ears. Nodding happily he clicks for the next section bringing asking him what era in Star Trek he wishes to be in which he selects the star date 2256-57 when the Federation-Klingon war happens. After finishing that it asks if his people were with the Federation or the Klingons and he chose the Federation choosing for the Teifling race as a whole to be discovered by the Federation during the year 2248 with his character being apart of the Teifling people that had migrated to a ice planet called Risian. Finalizing that selection he smiles as he once again falls asleep.

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